{"id":44524,"date":"2026-05-08T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/?p=44524"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:42:19","slug":"scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 6, Scale AI<\/a> announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million. The expansion directly supports the Department\u2019s strategic imperative to accelerate the adoption of data, analytics, and AI capabilities across the joint force to maintain a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n

The agreement, a Production Other Transaction Authority (OTA) originally awarded in September 2025, provides any component across the entire Department of War with a streamlined, turn-key pathway to access Scale\u2019s end-to-end AI capabilities \u2013 spanning data labeling, model development, generative AI platforms, and engineering services \u2013 across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS networks.<\/p>\n

The five-fold ceiling increase follows the rapid uptake of the agreement across the Department since its original award. DoW components have leveraged the vehicle to initiate Project Agreements spanning computer vision, generative AI decision-support, and data operations, reflecting a level of demand that exceeded the original ceiling. The expansion ensures the agreement can support the full breadth of the Department\u2019s AI ambitions, aligning with the Department of War AI Strategy and its focus on building a robust data foundation and creating an agile, iterative pipeline for AI deployment at the tactical edge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the era of small-scale AI pilots gives way to enterprise-wide deployment, the infrastructure decisions the Department makes known \u2013 which platforms to trust, which data operations to invest in, which partners to build for the long term \u2013 will shape the operational AI capabilities of the U.S. military for the decade ahead,\u201d said Kathryn Harris, head of defense at Scale AI. \u201cThe expansion of Scale\u2019s agreement with CDAO is a direct reflection of the trust we\u2019ve earned and the accelerating demand across the force for capabilities such as Scale\u2019s that work at the speed and security level the mission requires. Our platform is designed to help the Department operationalize its Responsible AI principles, ensuring that as we scale these capabilities, they remain reliable, auditable, and trusted by the warfighter. We\u2019re proud to deepen this partnership and to serve as the Department\u2019s long-term AI infrastructure partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Scale AI<\/p>\n

Stay in the know with breaking news from across the IC and IC contracting landscape by\u00a0<\/em>becoming a paid subscriber to IC News<\/em><\/a>. Your support makes our work possible.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":44525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1459,18126,19372,106,20675,99,298,16918],"class_list":["post-44524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contract-awards","tag-ai","tag-cdao","tag-chief-digital-and-artificial-intelligence-office","tag-ic","tag-ic-news","tag-intelligence-community","tag-intelligence-community-news","tag-scale-ai"],"yoast_head":"\nScale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Intelligence Community News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren Blinde\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Loren Blinde\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/590ba7108aa0716d32e55d198f757ff0\"},\"headline\":\"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/airplane-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AI\",\"CDAO\",\"Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office\",\"IC\",\"IC News\",\"Intelligence Community\",\"Intelligence Community News\",\"Scale AI\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Contract Awards\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/airplane-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/airplane-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/airplane-4.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":534},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Intelligence Community News\",\"description\":\"Breaking news about the market for products, systems and services for the U.S. intelligence community\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Intelligence Community News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/ICN-news-pro-header.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/ICN-news-pro-header.jpg\",\"width\":451,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"Intelligence Community News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/590ba7108aa0716d32e55d198f757ff0\",\"name\":\"Loren Blinde\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Loren Blinde\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\\\/author\\\/loren-blinde\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News","description":"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News","og_description":"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.","og_url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/","og_site_name":"Intelligence Community News","article_published_time":"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Loren Blinde","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/"},"author":{"name":"Loren Blinde","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/590ba7108aa0716d32e55d198f757ff0"},"headline":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement","datePublished":"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/"},"wordCount":394,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","keywords":["AI","CDAO","Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office","IC","IC News","Intelligence Community","Intelligence Community News","Scale AI"],"articleSection":["Contract Awards"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/","url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/","name":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement - Intelligence Community News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-08T14:42:19+00:00","description":"On May 6, Scale AI announced that the U.S. Department of War\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has expanded its enterprise agreement with Scale, increasing the agreement ceiling from $100 million to $500 million.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","width":800,"height":534},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/scale-ai-announces-expanded-cdao-agreement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Scale AI announces expanded CDAO agreement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/","name":"Intelligence Community News","description":"Breaking news about the market for products, systems and services for the U.S. intelligence community","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#organization","name":"Intelligence Community News","url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ICN-news-pro-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ICN-news-pro-header.jpg","width":451,"height":180,"caption":"Intelligence Community News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/590ba7108aa0716d32e55d198f757ff0","name":"Loren Blinde","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0de7fa0ff25c4ce2bb5919333760301b32a95302e9b864b00e77fa9a5fe25c9?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fintelligencecommunitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F10%2Fd6551e841da5a191a827b9934db91be6.jpg&r=g","caption":"Loren Blinde"},"url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/author\/loren-blinde\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/airplane-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44526,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44524\/revisions\/44526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligencecommunitynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}